A Munising sophomore, Addie Bowerman, was the lone player among them to win multiple awards as she carted off a berth on the Skyline Central First Team and also a position with the league’s Defensive Team.

Mustangs junior teammate Kaylen Kienitz won a spot on the Second Team, while senior Olivia Cotey joined Bowerman on the Defensive Team and sophomore Kiera Curtis landed on the honorable mention list.

Two Superior Central players were also honored. Senior Addie Frusti was named to the Skyline Central Second Team while fellow senior Marissa Strohm earned her way onto honorable mention.

Munising, which finished at 17-6, won the opening game of its MHSAA Division 4 district tournament over Big Bay de Noc on March 4 before falling to eventual state champion Ishpeming in the district title game two days later.

Munising’s Kaylen Kienitz, front right, rushes up the court in-step with Ishpeming’s Brittanie Piotrowski during their high school girls basketball game played at the Hematites’ gym in Ishpeming on Feb. 16. (Photo courtesy Cara Kamps)

The Mustangs are listed on the MHSAA website as having a 5-2 record in the Large Schools Division of the Skyline Central Conference.

Superior Central got off to a rough start before winning three in a row late in the season to finish 6-13. The final victory of that string was its opening Division 4 district tourney triumph over Rapid River on March 2 before the Cougars also bowed out to the state champion Hematites, for SC in the district semifinals.

Forest Park, considered a Large School in the Skyline, had the league’s best record of 9-0 in conference games, while North Dickinson topped out the Small Schools category at 6-3.

The Trojans were also champions of Large School JV teams at 4-1, while the Nordics also carted off the JV Small Schools title at 5-0.

Those two schools also claimed five of the six special awards in the Skyline Central, though what might be considered the most important of them all, Player of the Year, was won by a player from Norway, senior Lauren Adams.

Forest Park’s Kim Bjork was named Coach of the Year and Trojans senior Kim Bjork claimed Defensive MVP. In addition, FP senior Elsie Williams won the Free Throw Award.

For North Dickinson, the Nordics won the Team Sportsmanship Award and junior Aunika Lindholm the Individual Sportsmanship honor.

Here are the league’s other award winners, listed with year and school:

First Team — Emma Zawada, jr., Bark River-Harris; Elsie Williams, sr., Forest Park; Alyson Steinbrecher, soph., North Dickinson; Payton Carlson, sr., Norway; Julia Nault, sr., Bark River-Harris; Ava Oman, jr., North Dickinson

Second Team — Audrey Williams, soph., Forest Park; Mckenna Thiry, fresh., Carney-Nadeau; Addy Otradovec, soph., North Central; Jessa Rossler, jr., Norway; Aspen Anderson, soph., North Dickinson

Defensive Team — Raina Ledzian, sr., North Dickinson; Jayden Laurin, soph., Carney-Nadeau; Payton Carlson, sr., Norway; Julia Nault, sr., Bark River-Harris; Emma Zawada, jr., Bark River-Harris; Tessa Bartoszek, jr., Forest Park; Alyson Steinbrecher, soph., North Dickinson

Honorable mention — Melinah Cortez, sr., Bark River-Harris; Tessa Bartoszek, jr., Forest Park; Vienna Price, jr., Forest Park; Aubrey Waara-Shamion, soph., Forest Park; Autumn Triest, fresh., North Central; Dalyn Otradovec, sr., North Central; Aubrey Olson, sr., Rapid River; Adrian Anderson, soph., Stephenson; Aunna Havelka, fresh., Stephenson; Faith Cappaert, sr., Stephenson

Story contents based on an Escanaba Daily Press story by sports reporter Adam Hinch. Journal Sports Editor Steve Brownlee’s email address is sbrownlee@miningjournal.net.